disquietingmuses

"Length" Copyright 2000 Rain Jordan

What I Remember About Desert Storm

My Father the philosopher,
who waited until I was knee deep
in a "popular war" to write me,
to explain the difference between
murder of Vietnamese Patriots
and killing of Iraqi Invaders.
The hundreds of 'Any Service Person' letters I received
telling me to "Kill all them fucking Ragheads"
for my country — or at least a thousand.
The letter I received from a teenage girl,
which said "War of any kind is wrong."
She was the girl I dreamt of when I
masturbated on those cool Saudi nights.

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